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Month: July 2006

  • The road to Mandalay

    Myanmar, or Burma as was.We visited Burma for 5 days in early July – purportedly our last significant (long) weekend away from Bangkok before our departure from Thailand. This trip was largely my choice, as I was enraptured by the thought of “The road to Mandalay”. Trish bought into the idea when she realised that…

  • nyc blast

    So, I’m back from New York. I didn’t post right away, because I needed a few days to let it all sink in first. Well, I also went camping promptly upon my return! In any case, I’ve now formulated a few thoughts about the whole experience of that city, brief though it was. New York…

  • days go by featured on blogto

    My blog was recently featured on BlogTo.com’s Blogerati files. Very exciting! I want to thank Lily from BlogTo for contacting me and asking if I’d like to have it up there. It’s been great getting the extra hits and I think my site is showing up more often in search engine results (usually for Toronto-based…

  • toronto tonight

    I will be attending another Toronto Tonight! fashion event this evening. I am going to help out Laurie Alers, of Mechanical Donkey, with modelling her clothing (like last time). On the Meetup.com site for the group, it mentions “six industry insiders” will be attending. Sounds intriguing… in any case, I’m curious to see the neat…

  • new york, here i come!

    I’m off to New York City today! I’ve never been… or at least, if I have, I was too young to remember it. From one big city, to another: I wonder what it will be like? Two friends have been recently and they both said they felt much safer and more comfortable in Toronto than…

  • the dresden dolls concert

    Saturday night was a Panic! At the Disco concert, with The Dresden Dolls as the opening act. I went and saw it with my friend Yevgeny, who runs the YListen radio show early Sunday mornings. He’s got a good review of the show up on his website, so I’ll just post these pics I managed…

  • the birds in dundas square

    Tuesday evenings are movie night at Yonge & Dundas Square. Every week throughout the summer, a feature monster film is played for the public gathered in the square. I had not yet had the chance to attend a screening, but I finally gathered a few friends and checked it out this week. They showed a…

  • wonderland’s hollywood stunt spectacular

    I’ve got an update on the stunt show my friend, Tristan Bell, is starring in. From an email his parents sent: “He is working at paramount Canada’s wonderland. He is in the Hollywood Stunt Spectacular, playing the part of a bad guy. He gets beaten up, dragged through doorways and last, but not least, gets…

  • umbrella adventures

    Every day I ride the Spadina streetcar from Spadina subway station down to where I work, south of Queen St. For the past few months, I’ve been noticing a particular store window that always has colourful, interesting umbrellas in its window. The displays change twice weekly at least, and I curiously watched almost every day…

  • jeans from city of angels on queen st. west

    I found a pair of Rock & Republic jeans that: fit me comfortably were the style, colour and shape I was looking for actually made my butt look good (for once – this is key and I haven’t been able to find any lately that do this, for some reason!!) They cost $345. Apparently the…